Action Comics #739 [Direct Sales]
(November 1997)

DC, 1938 Series
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Price
1.95 USD; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1997-09-24
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Approved by the Comics Code Authority
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC [bullet]
Barcode
761941200019 73911
Editing
Joey Cavalieri (editor); Maureen McTigue (assistant)

Issue Notes

1997 Triangle #46.
This issue has variants:

Superman in Chains! Lois in Jail! Scorn in Love! (Table of Contents)

Superman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Stuart Immonen (signed)
Inks
José Marzán Jr. (signed)
Colors
Patrick Martin
Letters
Todd Klein
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman Blue [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Rajiv Naga; Lois Lane; Scorn; Ashbury Armstrong
Reprints
Keywords
dice; Rubic's cubes

Indexer Notes

Letters credit from Todd Klein via http://kleinletters.com/.

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Party Trappings (Table of Contents: 1)

Superman / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script
Stuart Immonen
Pencils
Stuart Immonen
Inks
José Marzán Jr.
Colors
Glenn Whitmore; Prismacolor (separations)
Letters
Bill Oakley
Genre
superhero
Characters
Superman Blue [Clark Kent; Kal-El]; Lois Lane; Scorn; Ashbury Armstrong; Maddy; Suzie Berkowitz; Carla; Riot Grrrls (cameo); Hugh Hellsmith (first appearance); Sam Lane; VILLAIN: Rajiv Naga; Locksmith [Carl Draper; formerly Deathtrap]
Synopsis
Locksmith, formerly the villain Deathtrap, once again challenges Superman. Rajiv Naga kidnaps Lois Lane.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Story continues in SUPERMAN: THE MAN OF STEEL (DC, 1991 series) #74.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Re: Action / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Mike McAvennie
Pencils
Tom Grummett
Inks
Denis Rodier
Colors
Patrick Martin
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Letters from readers - K.O., Howard T. Kidd, Joe Frank, Mike Vick and David S. Ellis - and responses from Mike McAvennie. Art is from cover to ACTION COMICS (DC, 1938 series) #734.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Superman in Chains! Lois in Jail! Scorn in Love!
    Superman
  2. 1. Party Trappings
    Superman
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Re: Action
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  • Thomas Kina
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
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